So.....I had a few visitors staying at my place this week, which explains the lack of posts! But we did do something garden-y here in Hamburg (Germany), which I would like to show you!
There are actually 2 locations of the botanical gardens in Hamburg, one in Klein Flottbek and one in
Planten un Blomen, the main park downtown near the university. It's actually a pretty nice park...there are areas for kids, a concert pavilion, a few cafés, some water shows in the evenings, and of course some nice beds, like the rose garden. The park, as I just mentioned, is also home to the greenhouse part of the botanical garden.
I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the greenhouses - there were multiple houses for each climate zone (tropical, desert, etc.) and all the plants looked great! There were even lots of blooming cacti, no easy task to accomplish. And the bang for your buck was astonishing (thanks to its cooperation with the university): entrance was
FREE! Waaay cool!
I only had my phone with my to take pictures, but I think they turned out alright - hope you enjoy some highlights of the greenhouses!
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| the park grounds outside of the green house |
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| the different houses! tropics, desert, ferns, etc. |
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| polka dots! |
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| a very weird tropical seed/flower stem |
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| the famous insectivorous pitcher plant! |
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| some art students doing drawings in the desert house |
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| one of those gorgeous flowering cacti! |
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| a succulent with a huge flower |
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| love the spiky dark green with the yellow flower pop |
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| love the red needles |
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| cool succulents |
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| a fern! striking black stem! |
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| carnivorous plants display - insects stick, fall, drown, are clamped, etc.! |
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| fuschia! |
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| we thought this one looked like a tumor...or a monster... :) |
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